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PITTCON 2015 SCIENCE WEEK 2015HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS FOR SCHOOL STUDENTSIN GRADES 4 –7On Monday, March 9 through Wednesday, March 11, aset of seven hands-on workshops will be presented tostudents in grades 4 – 7 in New Orleans. Students willparticipate in an exciting process of experimentationand discovery. These action-packed workshops willinclude experimentation with gases, acid/basereactions, astronomy, and chromatography, learningscience through the use of toys, electricity, and apassion for polymers.LECTURE DEMONSTRATION FORHIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSOn Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 10:00 am, MikeRandall from the University of Wisconsin-Madison willpresent a live lecture/demonstration entitled “TheWonders of Physics” in the Ernest N. Morial ConventionCenter for up to 1,000 high school students andtheir teachers.WORKSHOPS FOR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL,AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERSThe following workshops are being offered to teachersin the New Orleans area. All workshops are half dayunless otherwise noted. Attendees may receivematerials to help them perform some of the workshopexperiments in their own classrooms. An initial fee of$25 will be assessed to attend the workshops. Parkingwill be provided. Lunches for those attending bothmorning and afternoon workshops on the same day oreither of the all-day workshops will also be provided.Please visithttp://pittcon.org/science-week/teacher-workshops/for more information.SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2015Morning: Middle School1. Biotechnology Basics: Creating aCutting-edge Biotechnology Classroom2. Forensic Science…STEM careers and Solving MysteriesMorning: Elementary-Middle School3. Light, Color, and Spectroscopy for KidsMorning: High School4. Teaching Chemistry Using InquiryMorning: Elementary-Middle School5. The STEM Design ChallengeAll Day: K - 126. Safety in the School Science Laboratory7. Sci Tech: Next GenerationAll Day: Elementary School8. Teaching Science Using Children’sLiterature BooksAfternoon: High School9. Beyond the Basics-Taking You BiotechnologyClassroom to the Next LevelAfternoon: Middle School10. Desolation STEM: Fuel Cells and Mass Drivers11. Prevent a ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE fromhappening in your classroom!SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2015Morning: Middle School12. Environmental TechnologyAll Day: Elementary-Middle School13. Science Olympiad: Full STEAM Ahead!Morning: Middle School14. STEM Careers in ChemistryAll Day: Middle School15. Chemistry FUN with NGSS16. Defining LightAll Day: K-1217. CLASS: Conducting, Linking, and SupportingSciences; An NGSS-Based WorkshopAll Day: Elementary-Middle School18. Teaching Science with ToysAfternoon: Middle School19. Chemi-paloosa: Demonstrations and Hands-OnActivities That Really Get a Reaction!20. Teaching Astronomy During the Day andBeyond the ClassroomGRANTS TO PROMOTE SCIENCE EDUCATION IN THENEW ORLEANS AREAGrants of up to $1,000 are available to every school withan enrollment of over 200 students that sends one ormore teachers to a teacher workshop (limit one grantper school).These grants will enable teachers to purchaseequipment demonstrated in the workshops or otherscience-related equipment of their choice. Allequipment will be shipped directly to the teachersat their school address.The Pittcon 2015 Science Week programs offer a widevariety of educational activities during Conference Weekfor the benefit of students and teachers in elementary,middle, and high schools in New Orleans and thesurrounding area. These activities are provided as partof our mission to promote science awareness andscience education.8